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It was like any other day. If anything, it might have been a little better than usual -- with more deserved honors for the kids, more jokes and songs, more smiles. Even Mother Nature, after storms the previous day, seemed at first to cooperate as the sun shone ...
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--Yesterday, James Lester Hausam, Jr., 29, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was sentenced to serve 37 months in prison in connection with a scheme to steal money from a resident at a metro retirement home, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. In 2010, Hausam worked at an assisted-living center in Bethany, Oklahoma. There, he became friends with ...
Oklahoma tornadoes Oklahoma City resident shoots harrowing tornado video

When tornado sirens went off Monday, many Oklahomans headed for their cellars. South Oklahoma City resident Joshua Stacey went up to his roof ...
Oklahoma tornadoes Gov. Mary Fallin signs disaster relief bill

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signs disaster relief bill and says she also will sign a measure that contains a package of tax breaks for tornado ...
Oklahoma tornadoes Survivors helpers share stories

MOORE -- When a car pulls up and rolls its windows down, Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper Gabe Leach never knows whether its driver is in good spirits or ...

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Oklahoma legislators, with deals made more than a month ago on reducing the state personal income tax rate and a major overhaul of the state workers' compensation, ground through a number of bills Friday before wrapping up this year's session with little ...
Oklahoma tornadoes Chaplains minister to disasters victims

MOORE -- They held hands before the chaplains, their family and friends looking on from the front yard. Except instead of an altar, Jason Kluge and Jenae Green stood before their crumpled home on SW 16; instead of exchanging vows, they were simply looking for ...
Oklahoma tornadoes Violent weather likely will prompt higher insurance rates less coverage

Moore resident John Landis lost two homes to tornadoes. When the May 3 tornado leveled his home in 1999, Landis had no insurance on the ...
Oklahoma tornadoes Local TV weathermen describe covering Moore storm

As one of the top weather markets in the country, Oklahoma City TV stations' personnel knew well in advance of the strong possibility for severe weather on May 20. Their chief meteorologists had their weather teams well positioned in covering the tornado, likely saving many lives through their stern warnings that ...
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You can head to Shawnee. The Family of Faith needs volunteers to help clean up debris and make repairs. Please call 405-273-5331 before you head over. You can go to the First Baptist Church of Moore starting at 8 a.m. this weekend. Bring gloves and be ready to help load and unload donations. You can also go to Life Church in South Oklahoma City at 10 a.m. this weekend. Or you can go to ...

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Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 bn

The tornado that killed 24 people and injured more than 200 others in Moore, Oklahoma, could have done more than $2 billion worth of damage, officials said Wednesday.

State Insurance Commissioner John Doak announced that figure Wednesday in a statement to the press, adding that losses from the wreckage could equal the amount caused by the twister that struck Joplin, Missouri, in 2011, leaving 161 dead.

Nonetheless, a spokesperson from Doak's office told EFE that these are still very preliminary estimates and are based solely on a visual evaluation of the devastated area.

Mick Cornett, mayor of Oklahoma City, a scant 20 km from Moore, estimated the losses between $1.5 billion and $2 billion, and the number of citizens affected at 36,000.

The National Weather Service classified the tornado as an EF5 - the most powerful - with winds of at least 320 kph (200 mph).

More than 13,000 homes were damaged by the tornado.

US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano toured Moore Wednesday and promised government aid to speed up the work of reconstruction.

The White House announced that President Barack Obama will visit Moore next Sunday to inspect "at first hand" the damage caused by the tornado.

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